Featured Reads: Handpicked Indie Books Worth Reading

Explore a collection of standout indie titles selected for their originality, storytelling power, and early reader buzz. These are the books we believe deserve extra attention — bold voices, unforgettable characters, and creative plots across genres.

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Mako Bay

Stephanie Ruth
 MAKO BAYOtago Waters Book 1 Maybe friends really do make the best lovers?​Shal Hoffner’s back in Dunedin after eight years of self-imposed exile. Setting up a new fashion boutique and j...

Being Broken:Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse

Geoffrey R Jonas
A young woman dies alone in a hotel room, her fentanyl-poisoned cocaine still on the desk. She had been missing for nearly 2 weeks. Social Services had been trying to find a place for her to live with...

Husro & Shirin

Maryam Tabibzadeh
a fascinating historical saga of the love affair between the king of the Persian empire and the princess of Armenia,  based on true story which is set  in the 6th century.  Husro a...

Awakening Within: A Guide To Self Knowledge For Conscious Community Influencers

ONE IAM

A practical guide to spiritually awakening and providing God level leadership to those under your influence.

Living The Dream: Law Of Attraction Secrets

ONE IAM
Living the Dream is not another book about accumulating great material wealth and living a luxurious life by using knowledge of the fundamental law of attraction (simply put, you attract what you focu...

The Awakening of AI

ONE IAM
"The All Is Mind; The Universe Is Mental." - The KybalionIntelligent thought is mental Cause. Thought commands the mental energy to produce the perceptive experience that we know as, Life. Yes, that i...

Seeing GOD, Face To Face: The Absolute Truth About You, And How You Operate.

ONE IAM
The Universe is information aligned in mental energy under rules and laws to appear as a "physical" manifestation. The mental energy produces a perception in the divine Mind. The perception has severa...

The Dream of Matter: Waking the Mind Within the Mirage: No Spoon, No Self: Escaping the Illusion of Form

ONE IAM
What if the world you touch... was your own thought in disguise?In The Dream of Matter, you are not handed answers, you are handed mirrors.This book dissolves the boundary between subject and object, ...

Reciprocity

D.C. Gilbert
Gilbert delivers a high-octane blend of emotional depth, tactical precision, and unflinching realism in his latest installment in the JD Cordell series. JD Cordell, a recently retired US Navy SEA...

All For A Buck

Doris Anne Beaulieu
Brotherhood Beyond the Battlefield   Haunted by combat and betrayed by their own country, the veterans return-not as heroes. As paranoia grips the town. All For A buck transforms into grippi...

A Journey Toward Tomorrow - The Beginning

jjeckhardt
A science fiction novel with a touch of romance and mystery that takes you on a journey as new life begins from the forgotten ashes of the old.Unknown to Humanity, the Earth’s sun would soon release...

THE LAST NEANDERTHAL CLAN

Charlie BORING
Enjoy historical fiction? You will love these adventures into prehistoric times, forty thousand years ago, when the last Neanderthals struggled for survival. The robust Neanderthals ruled the terrain ...

My Way on the Camino Portuguese

John Seegers
What happens when the road demands more than your body can give—but your spirit refuses to quit?In My Way on the Camino Portuguese, John Seegers shares the honest, humorous, and deeply personal stor...

The Masquerade Kilker

Ivan Cisneros
Some masks conceal identities. Others reveal the truth.Cutter’s Ridge was never meant to be a place of murder. Tucked away in the Montana mountains, it was the kind of town where secrets were buried...

Where Sunflowers Stand

KJ Backford
Alex Curtner, the CIA’s Chief of Station for Russia and Ukraine, is in dire straits. His most critical operation is on the verge of collapse. Russian counterintelligence is closing in on a spy – A...

A Murder Foretold

By: David T. Wolf
Charlie Novak has been making a very nice living staging fatal accidents and splitting the insurance payouts with his partner. The victims? His partner's many wives. But when one of those wives is slain 6 months ahead of schedule by someone else, Charlie needs to find out who did it, and why--before a homicide investigation unravels their entire history of serial insurance fraud and serial murder. But there are complications. Disfigured as a child, Charlie has never known love. So he's in way over his head when he falls for the woman who found the body, and whose involvement in the crime is a deepening puzzle. He's helplessly drawn to this woman despite knowing she has dark secrets of her ow...
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Our Lives in Pieces: A Collection of Flash Memoir Essays

By: Tracie Adams
Adams compiles a moving collection that reflects on the grace found in life’s broken edges, recognizing that in those moments, “when we are holding the shattered pieces in our hands, we realize we are only beginning to see the beauty of the story as it unfolds.” The essays touch on the lost dreams that come with dying too soon and too young—from a nephew’s final goodbyes due to leukemia complications to a decades-old friendship cut short by terminal cancer—while also brushing up against lighter fare, as in “Sound Advice from Your Favorite Pants,” a recounting of the good times spent traveling and celebrating special occasions with a cherished pair of jeans.As a hospice volunt...
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How to stay alive after you die

By: Yi Wei

What if your evening run for takeout turned into a trip beyond the grave? That’s exactly what happens when Lu Yao’s spirit leaves his body, just as a pack of ravenous fiends closes in.

Now he’s racing against oblivion. To stay alive, Lu Yao must do his best to become a Spirit Guardian, the protector of spirits and the balance keeper for mortal and spiritual realms.

As he hunts down the mastermind responsible for his untimely death, he revealed a darker conspiracy. Can Lu Yao stop the unstoppable in time to save both worlds?

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LOOPON ACADEMY

By: Chrisekw

Aeryn thought she was just another orphan—until a magical scroll arrived. Now, she’s a student at Loopon Academy, a school for the gifted, the dangerous, and the chosen. But beneath the enchanted walls lies a secret tied to her bloodline... one that could rewrite destiny.

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Snodgrass

By: Mark Bertrand
Amidst the tension of a true historical military escalation between the USA and Libya in 1986, a Navy fighter pilot navigates his haunted past and uncertain future, discovering that true battles lie within, while a determined detective in Denver unravels a web of deceit, murder, and stolen diamonds that threatens to destroy them both.Eight years after I ran away from home in a daring bid for freedom, I soared over the Mediterranean Sea in an F18, engaged in combat against the Sudan, Yemen, and Soviet Union militaries.At fifteen, I confronted a daunting choice: endure the torment of my abusive stepfather or brave the uncertainties of the world alone. Opting for independence, I set out into th...
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MEA CULPA - A Plea of Innocence

By: Bruno Cocorocchio
A powerful memoir that dives deep into the childhood and psyche of the author, Mea Culpa: A Plea of Innocence chronicles the lifelong struggle of a boy—and later a man—to gain his parents’ approval. Longing particularly to ease his mother’s ever-present pain, he carries a misplaced guilt into every aspect—and relationship—of his life.In a series of vignettes, the reader is transported back in time to a small mountain village in post-war Italy. Amidst ruins and famine, a young family grapples with poverty. Growing up in such dire circumstances, the only coping strategy for the young boy is to imagine himself as a Roman centurion in command of an army. Adding to his stress is a mot...
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Lazytown

By: Steve Sheppard
Something funny's going on in Lazytown.For jobbing writer, Sam Bryant, life in the quirky Oxfordshire village of Idleborough – known to all and sundry as Lazytown – is relaxed, despite living in the unfortunately named Slaughterhouse Cottages. The most he has to concern himself with is the annual cricket grudge match with neighbours, Stockford, organising the local Duck Race, watching Granny’s Bobbins matches and deciding which of the village’s four pubs to frequent, whilst smiling at the antics of Lazytown’s collection of weird and wonderful residents.Then, one of the pubs unexpectedly shuts and Clem and Maeve, the landlord and his wife, Maeve, disappear. Have they just gone to Be...
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Beyond the Shack

By: G. B. Cook
Beyond the Shack is a gripping thriller that delves into the dark underbelly of a remote Alaskan town, weaving a tale of survival, corruption, and the relentless pursuit of truth. The narrative centers around Calliope "Cali" Sims, a geology graduate whose internship in Alaska takes a sinister turn when she is kidnapped by the disturbed Jed and his complicit family. The Westfords, steeped in violence and secrecy, create a chilling atmosphere of captivity and dread. Cali's resourcefulness and determination are tested as she navigates the treacherous environment of the Alaskan wilderness, while her sister, Detective Sara Ponte, embarks on a desperate quest to find her. Sara's investigation...
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Max Puddle and the Great Elevator Escape

By: River Bella
Max Puddle and the Great Elevator EscapeBy River BellaMax Puddle has a plan. A perfectly logical, meticulously packed, possibly over-prepared plan for visiting his grandad's new flat. But when the elevator stops moving halfway up, Max’s plan falls down a lift shaft.Armed with his trusty robot vacuum, Beep, a backpack full of strange supplies (dish sponge, batteries, lucky pebble—obviously), and a wild imagination, Max must figure out how to escape. Or... wait. What if the elevator isn’t just stuck? What if it’s a test? A secret mission? A puzzle waiting to be cracked?Packed with warmth, humour, and a few emotional wobbles, this real-world adventure celebrates big feelings, brilliant ...
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Briarwood Manners

By: Vince Nakovics
"There's two parts to the legend. If Red Cardinals sing to you, a dead one is visiting. If they shed their feathers, they have come to escort your soul."" -Nathan Walters-It was a surprise when Lisa Daniels ran into Janice Walters in Dundrum, Northern Ireland. She had no idea what would come from that meeting. When Maya Campbell uncovers her body the next day she is unaware that this event would drive her for the next thirteen driving her to become a Detective with the Northern Ireland Police. Maya knows the people she hunts are dangerous, but not how dangerous. They thwart her attempts to trap them, even after gathering an international task force. Janice Walters and her twin Nathan were co...
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Juliusleaks

By: Vishal

Winners and losers have pplaces in history. Critics & spectators doesn't have. Here comes aa whistleblower named Julius to rewrite the history using a mightier sword called Juliusleaks.

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Human By Day

By: Jamel Rogers
Human By DayBy Jamel Rogers & Aurelie DuncansonA Chilling YA Mystery-ThrillerSix UCLA students - Alec Garcia, Jack Priest, Damien Jones, Amara Jackson, Jasmine Valenzuela, and Casey Chang - escape to a secluded cabin in the Alps for a winter break getaway. They’re hoping for peace, snow, and a break from their hectic college lives.But their trip takes a sinister turn when they encounter eerie signs of something lurking in the mountains - something not human. As they dig into the area's dark past, they uncover disturbing disappearances that occurred just before their arrival. What began as a relaxing retreat is now a fight for survival. Trapped and hunted, they must solve the mystery be...
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